Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC

[George K]

Just started watching - what a treasure.

[Mik]

We shall not see her like again. Nor Julie either.

[George K]

Here's the thing that I noticed...

One can laugh at the concept of a "Variety Show." But showcasing a wonderful talent, weekly, with likable and talented guests is a platform that's long-dead.

Korman, Burnett, Conway...

My God.

If there were an appetite for this, I could spend hours enjoying it.

[Mik]

I’d be delighted if they brought it back in syndication.

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

One can laugh at the concept of a "Variety Show." But showcasing a wonderful talent, weekly, with likable and talented guests is a platform that's long-dead.

Saturday Night Live.

[Mik]

Not even close.

[George K]

@Mik don't you remember all the times that The Carol Burnett Show did all that political "humor?" All that "Weekend Update-like" news stuff? All those musical numbers?

[Copper]

Good stuff

Popular American variety shows that began in the 60s include a revival of The Jackie Gleason Show (1960–1970), The Andy Williams Show (1962–1971), The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967), The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970), The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974), The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-73). 1969 saw a flurry of new variety shows with rural appeal: The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971), The Jim Nabors Hour (1969–1971), The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1972) and Hee Haw (1969–1992).

Entertainers with less successful variety shows in the 1960s include Judy Garland and Sammy Davis Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_show#:~:text=After World War II%2C the,audio recordings and still photographs.

[George K]

Goodness, she could sing, couldn't she?

Few people did harmony so effortlessly as she.

[Jolly]

Sad this is on NBC. CBS was Carol's network ...

[Jolly]

Back to variety shows...You had to have a tent pole the show could revolve around.

Burnett was very good at that. Thought Red Skelton was also very good. Dean Martin was underrated.

[Axtremus]

Just looked up the Carol Burnett Show on YouTube, and YouTube claims it has nine seasons of the show that you can watch for free.

I clicked on S3 E2 and enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Carol Burnett was very good!

Link to video

Ironically, there is a song in there waxing nostalgia about old movies, about how then don’t make ‘‘em like they used to anymore.

[Jolly]

Such a newb.

[George K]

"Carol, I'm not all that familiar with your work. But you must have been very good to have this event and all these people kissing your ass tonight."

Tribute shows can become maudlin ... this has been very well done.

[George K]

@Jolly said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

Such a newb.

It was just like Saturday Night Live, right?

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

@Jolly said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

Such a newb.

It was just like Saturday Night Live, right?

Riiiigghhtttt.

[Jolly]

@Copper said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

Good stuff

Popular American variety shows that began in the 60s include a revival of The Jackie Gleason Show (1960–1970), The Andy Williams Show (1962–1971), The Danny Kaye Show (1963–1967), The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970), The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974), The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-73). 1969 saw a flurry of new variety shows with rural appeal: The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971), The Jim Nabors Hour (1969–1971), The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969–1972) and Hee Haw (1969–1992).

Entertainers with less successful variety shows in the 1960s include Judy Garland and Sammy Davis Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_show#:~:text=After World War II%2C the,audio recordings and still photographs.

Hee-Haw was unique.

The thing was filmed like a madhouse over a two or three week period. Certain regular bits or snippets were all filmed at one time, then edited to fit a particular week's show.

Much of the reason for that, was the heavy touring schedule of even minor country stars, let alone the bigger names. Much easier to block out the time on multiple schedules

[Jolly]

Just for shits and grins, what would a modern variety show look like?

[George K]

@Jolly said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

Just for shits and grins, what would a modern variety show look like?

LOL. We just heard that Saturday Night Live is what it would look like today.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

@Jolly said in Carol Burnett 90th birthday special on NBC:

Just for shits and grins, what would a modern variety show look like?

LOL. We just heard that Saturday Night Live is what it would look like today.

Consider the source.

This is the same person that wants people to die, based on a vaccine status. A vaccine that has waning effectiveness, will not be effective in the future and the patient will be transitioning to immunosuppressive drugs after transplant.

SNL? Maybe by a certain description it would constitute a variety show.

But it's a stretch. And it's certainly not as good as the classic variety shows like Burnett,'s.